A Day In The Life Of A Director Strategic Partnerships At United Way Of Greater Los Angeles
A Director of Strategic Partnerships at United Way of Greater Los Angeles balances "internal and external engagements," meeting with program and finance teams to understand impact priorities and funding needs, then translating this into productive meetings with external partners to align "impact priorities" and further the organization's mission across Los Angeles. The ideal day involves a mix of internal collaboration and external relationship-building, including attending networking events to maintain sector connections.
Strategic Partnerships, Nonprofit Management, Community Engagement, Fundraising, Budgeting
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Oxana Ermolova
Director, Strategic Partnerships
United Way of Greater Los Angeles
UC Santa Barbara
UCLA School of Management, Full-time MBA
Entertainment, Music & Arts, International Relations & Affairs
Nonprofit, Foundations & Grantmaking
Sales and Client Management
Honors Student, Scholarship Recipient, Took Out Loans, Immigrant
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1. "Balance of internal and external engagements": Oxana strives to balance internal meetings with program staff to understand their priorities with external meetings to articulate those priorities to partners.
2. "Alignment of impact priorities": A key aspect of Oxana's role is aligning United Way's impact priorities with those of their partners to maximize their collective impact on Los Angeles communities.
3. "Diverse engagement methods": Oxana's work includes various methods, such as in-office meetings with internal teams (program and finance), external meetings with partners, and attending networking events to stay connected with the sector.
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What does a day in the life of a director of strategic partnerships look like?
The ideal day is a balance of internal and external engagements. What I would love every single day to look like and work towards involves productive meetings with our program staff. During these meetings, I aim to understand their impact priorities and the work they hope to advance in the communities we serve.
Then, I take that vision and articulate it to our partners through external engagements and meetings. This allows us to see how our impact priorities and what we hope to accomplish to support communities across Los Angeles align with their mission-driven initiatives.
Ideally, on in-office days, I meet with my programs team and my finance team. This is to discuss funding needs and the budget. Afterward, I go out and meet with our partners to learn more about their goals. Networking mixers and partner events are also opportunities to attend. These help me stay connected to our work across the sector.